Understanding & Addressing the Impact of Collective Trauma of the Pandemic

Maine Children’s Home (MCH)is a 501(c)(3) organization that offers programs for building and strengthening families and their children, instilling hope for the future and a better quality of life. Founded in 1899, the Waterville-based organization has evolved with the changing needs of families and children, and supports more than 3,000 people each year through its adoption, counseling, teen parent support, and holiday assistance programs.

Maine Children's Home

This workshop is relevant for anyone working with children, teens, families, or adult staff members.

Best Western Plus Waterville Grand Hotel

The last 18 months of the pandemic and its ensuing fallout have had a profound impact on individual and collective resilience. In this three-hour training, participants will gain an understanding of collective trauma, its impact on individual and collective resilience, and the essential priorities in reinstating a sense of safety and regulation in individuals, families, and the broader community.Participants will:• Be exposed to cutting edge research to expose the legacy of unhealed collective trauma | The work of Dr. Leia Saltzman (collective trauma), Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart (historical trauma), and Dr. Rachel Yehuda (epigenetics)• Be exposed to the theory and science of felt safety - Dr. Stephen Porges | The Polyvagal Theory• Be exposed to the essential priorities (in terms of environmental conditions and relational conditions) in healing collective trauma | The work of Dr. Bruce PerryWHEN: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 ~ 9:00a.m. – 12:00p.m.WHERE: Best Western Hotel, 375 Maine Street, Waterville MaineCOST: $50.00pp (*Certificates of Attendance and 3 Contact Hours will be provided)Presenter:Emily Read Daniels, M.Ed., MBA, NCC, SEP™ in trainingEmily is the founder of HERE this NOW, a trauma-informed consulting firm and author of the new somatosensory and Polyvagal-informed approach to SEL (social-emotional learning): The Regulated Classroom: “Bottom-Up” Trauma-Informed Teaching.Daniels is an internationally recognized trauma specialist in the trauma-informed schools movement and has served thousands of clients through in-person and virtual professional development training, workshops, webinars, conferences and keynote addresses. She is a proud resident of Hancock, New Hampshire, a mostly patient mother of two teens, and the wife of a school psychologist.Emily Read Daniels, M.Ed., MBA, NCC, SEP™ in trainingFounder, HERE this NOW<a href="https://www.facebook.com/herethisnow.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Follow HTN on Facebook or Twitter</a>Hear HTN's Podcast | <a href="https://herethisnow.org/?fbclid=IwAR3Vn0kBu6ebIfhY9By5TDxm8QWantVAxuFQluBwSlNYzloO_XV3UQ_hS9M" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CONVOS during COVID</a>

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